- prophylactic:
- diminished respiratory complications
- diminished vascular complication as thrombosis and embolism
- to guard aganist prolapse and stress incontinence

- curative :

- restor the muscle tone abdominal muscles and pelvic floor
- re- education of posture sence
- help excretion mucturation and defefcation
- help involution of uterus

- lactaional:

- to aid lactation by improving the blood supply of the breast and allowing free flow of milk

- prevent sagging of breast

contra- indications for postnatal exercises

- post partum haemorrhage
- nephritis
- puerperal fever

POST partum EXERCISES

FIRST DAY

- BREATHING EXERCISES
- CIRCULATORY EXERCISES
-RELAXATION OF FACE
- STATIC ABDOMINAL CONTRACTION

SECOND DAY

REPEAT THE PREVIOUS EX'S AND ADD THE FOLLOWING EX'S
-LEG EXERCISES
- PELVIC FLOOR EX'S
-ARM EX'S

THIRD DAY

REPEAT exercises OF SECOND DAY AND ADD THE FOLLOWING
-PELVIC ROCKING EXERCISE

FOURTH DAY

REPEAT THE EX'S OF THIRD DAY ANF ADD THE FOLLOWING
- HIP SHRUGGING
- PELVIC ROTATION
- POSTURE CORRECTION TRAINING

FIFTH DAY

REPEAT THE EX'S OF THE FOURTH DAY AND ADD THE FOLLOWING

- FIRST STEP OF TRUNK FLEXION

SIXTH DAY

REPEART EX'S OF FIFTH DAY AND ADD THE FOLLOWING EX'S

- FIRST STEP OF TRUNK ROTATION

SEVENTH DAY

REPEAT exercises OF SIXTH DAY AND ADD
- CONTINUE OTHER STEPS OF TRUNK FLEXION
- CONTINUE OTHER STEPS OF TRUNK ROTATION

EIGHTH DAY

INCREASE THE REPITITION OF EX'S UP TO 20 TIMES
- PELVIC FLOOR EX'S FROM ALL POSITION
- POSTURAL CORRECTION TRAINING IN SITTING, STANDING AND WALKING DAILY
-RELAXATION ON FACE AFTER EX'S AND AFTERNOON
- ALL STEPS OF TRUNK FLEXION
- ALL STEPS OF PELVIC ROTATION. 22 TELL THE END OF PUERPERIUM

REPEART THE PREVIOUS EX'S FREQUENTLY EVERY DAY